An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind of dreary tranquillity.
A half truth like half a brick is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
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A half truth like half a brick is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
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